Poultry-car



No. 689,2l0. Patented Doc. l7, neon. J. a. uocxmnes.

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J. B. MOCKRIDGE.

POULTRY CAR.

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH B. MOCKRIDGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF JULIUS G. I-IOCKE, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

PATENT Orrics.

lOULTRY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,210, dated December 17, 1901' Application filed November 30, 1900. Serial No. 38,113. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. MOCKRIDGE,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city,county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cars for shipping live poultry.

I will describe a poultry-car embodying my invention and then point out the novel features thereof in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional-view of the body portion of a poultry-car embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in horizontal section and partly in top p1an,of a poultry-car embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevational View of a twin section in which poultry is confined. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudi- "nal sectional view, partly in side elevation,

of a modification of my invention. 7

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

A represents the body of a car, which is suitably mounted on wheeled trucks. (Not shown.) The sides a of the car are preferably provided with sliding doors a. I also preferably provide sliding or hinged sashes a in the sides of the car for the purpose of admitting light and air to the interior of the car. The ends of the car may be provided with a single and centrally-arranged door or with a single or a number of doors so arranged as that thepar may be completely opened at its ends to permit of its being emptied and refilled. This latter arrangement will be hereinafter described in connection with a modification of my invention. The bottom of the car is provided with a number of openings a through which droppings from the poultry confined in the sections within the car pass out of the car. The top of the car is provided with a number of trap-doors a and a grating a is placed beneath each trap door a. The purpose of these trap-doors is to provide for a vertical circulation of. air within the car. Air may pass through the trap-door openings and out of the car through the openings a or the passage of air may be in a direction reverse to that just described.

B represents a number of poultry-sections provided within the car. Each section B comprises a number of compartments h, each compartment being of such a size as to confine a fowl and prevent the fowl from turning in the compartment. The sections B are alike as to construction and complement of parts. The following description of one section, therefore, will apply equally to all. Angle and T iron is preferably used in constructing the framework, which comprises base-pieces c, upright pieces a, and top pieces 17'. These several parts are suitably secured together. The framework preferably has more breadth than width and more height than breadth. Intermediate of the top and base or bottom of the framework are crosspieces a which may serve as braces for the framework and upon which the floorings of the compartments are supported. The floorings may be of wood or any other desired and suitable material. The spaces between the fioorings are divided by suitable vertical 7 tal tiers are superimposed vertical tiers of compartments are formed. Extending along each horizontal tier and at right angles to the partitions is a partition-wall or closure 0 having a number of openings c,'oue foreach compartment 17, through which the fowls in that horizontal tier may pass their heads. Also extending along each horizontal tier and in front of the wall 0 is a. platform 0 supported by the cross-pieces 0 which may be extended for this purpose.

0 represents a trough which is supported by the platform a Opposite the wall 0 and at the end of the compartment is a device D, which prevents droppings from the fowls above reaching. the fowls or compartments for which the device D is provided. This device is here shown as an apron which has a hinged connection with the framework, brackets (1 being provided to receive the pintle ends of the apron. Each horizontal tier of compartments is provided with a hinged apron for the purpose above stated. The lower or free edge of each apron is held away from the framework to permit droppings from the fowls to pass out of the compartments. XVith the lower edges of the apronsheld away from the compartments a series of inclined surfaces are provided, each of which servesto deflect droppings from the ments may be emptied ordilled with fowls. Anydesircd means may be employed for rais-' ing or lowering the aprons Das, for example, the following: The upper or topmost apron is provided with a pair of links 01 which are connected to the ends of lovers d fulcrumed or hinged to two of the top pieces I). Fulcrumed to one of the top pieces I) is a hand-lever d, which is provided intermediate of its ends with a link (1 which link (2 connects the lever d with a link cl and a lever (Z When the hand-leverisswungoutwardly on its fulcrum, all the aprons are-raised or moved to a horizontal position, as shown to the rightin Fig. 3. g The aprons may be held in this position by means of a link 61 secured at one end to the pin or other device connecting the link (1* and lever 61 and adapted to have its other end engage with one of a numher of openings d in the hand-lever (1 b represents rollers or pulleys journaled in brackets b which brackets are secured to the section at its upper endfor example, to the top pieces 19'. These rollers or pulleys I) travel on tracks I), which are suitably supported from the top of the car. Rollers or other devices 12 are provided for the base of the section, which devices b travel on tracks provided on the car-floor.

For convenience in manufacturing and for other reasons I preferably construct the sections in pairs. With this arrangement the top pieces I) and base or bottom pieces at the short sides of each section in each pair are common to both sections of that pair. In other words, they extend without a break from one section to the other. The crosspieces 0 parallel with the side top and base pieces, are also common to both sections of each pair. It is on those portions of the crosspieces 0 which are outside of the sections of each pair that the platform a and troughs c are supported. The heads of the fowl's confined in the sections of each pair are toward each other, so that a single trough will suffice for the opposite horizontal tiers of compartments. In adjacent pairs the adjacent sections are near the openings a in the carfloor.

In order that the pairs of sections may be relatively fixed in the car, each pair is provided with stops b", here shown as consisting of extensions of the side top pieces I) and corresponding base-pieces c. The stops b tending to the ends of the car.

of adjacent pairs abut against each other. For convenience the pairs of sections are arranged within the car in four series, which'arrangemeut permits of a passage transversely of the car as Well as a'passage longitudinally.

It, therefore, the first and last pair of sections in each series are locked or otherwise prevented from movement of the tracks, the stops b will preventany movement of theintermediate sections. The pairs of sections, however, may beindependently secured from movement.

InFig. 4 I have shown the tracks 19 as ex- This is for the purpose of enabling the poultry-sections to be run out of the car at its ends onto overhead tracks G, located in a ware or other house. Instead of overhead tracks rails or other devices secured to the floor of the warehouse may be used. vantageous in that the car may be quickly emptied of filled sections and refilled with empty sections. The filled sections removed from the car may be emptied as desired.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new is 1. Apoultry-carrier comprising a plurality of compartments arranged invertical tiers, and means provided for eachcompartment which prevent droppings from reaching the compartment or compartments beneath it.

2. A poultry-carrier comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in vertical tiers, andteach of such a size to confine a single fowl so as to prevent turning, and means provided for each compartment which prevent droppings from reaching the compartment or compartments beneath it.

3. The combination of a portable housing having openings in its floor, poultry-carrying sections within said housing and adjacent said openings, each of said sections comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in vertical tiers and each. of a size to confine a single fowl so as to prevent turning, and means provided for each compartment which deflects droppings from the fowl within it through the openings in the floor of said housing. I

4. A poultry-carrier comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in horizontal and vertical tiers, and an apron provided for each horizontal tier of compartments which provents droppings from the fowls in its horizontal tier of compartments from reaching any compartment or compartments beneath it.

5. A poultry-carrier comprising a plurality This arrangement is adof compartments arranged in vertical tiers,

tier which prevents droppings of the fowls in its horizontal tier from reaching the fowls or compartments beneath it, and means for moving said aprons from one position to another.

7. A poultry-carrier comprising a plurality its compartment reaching the fowls and compartments beneath it.

9. A poultry-carrier comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in-vertical tiers and each of a size to confine a single fowl, a hinged apron for each of said compartments which deflects droppings from the fowl confined in its compartment from the fowls and compartments beneath it, and means connected with said aprons for moving them on their hinges.

In testimony whereof I have signed a my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH B. MOCKRIDGE.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. E. CRUSE, R. H. E. STALL. 

